Debian GNU/Linux

From working with the major Linux distributions (software built around
the Linux kernel to ease installation, administration, and use) over the
years, LinuxForce learned that not all of them are as open, flexible,
functional, secure and easy to maintain as they would have you believe.

Debian GNU/Linux, however, is in a class of its own.

Debian is the most stable and popular non-commercial Linux
distribution. It is maintained by a global community of over 1,200
registered developers dedicated to improving and enhancing its
functionality. As a result, new versions of Debian are released only
when they are ready. Compare that to commercial operating systems like
Windows, which release new versions, ready or not, to ensure an ongoing
revenue stream. Debian, on the other hand is free. Period.

The package management tools in Debian are so well-developed that even
commercial Linux distributions such as Red Hat have implemented Debian's
technology to handle their packages. Debian's base has been adapted by
other distributions such as the popular LiveCD
Knoppix, the commercial
Linspire for
desktop users, and the very popular non-commercial
Ubuntu for desktop users.
Debian is an innovation leader that has already spawned a generation of
other innovative distributions.

Debian itself has been available since 1993. LinuxForce has been
developing Debian-based systems since 1996.

Like the Linux kernel, Debian developed as the spontaneously
collaborative initiative of hundreds and eventually thousands of
individuals. Phenomena that spontaneously organize have a primacy in
their constitution that is rare, special, long-lived and fundamentally
re-orienting for society and markets (as Woodrow Wilson observed, "the
highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation
of a free people")

The synergetic effect of these advantages is that our Debian-focused
development is less expensive and more robust than if we based our software on
other Linux distributions